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Finding needles in a haystack
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-finding-needles-in-a-haystack/

Detecting tiny exotic flies just got easier thanks to DNA barcoding, and now we also know where they came from.

Published 10 February 2015

entomology blog DNA
Everything you ever needed to know about Leaf Beetles
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-leaf-beetles/

A new book summarises our current knowledge of this huge group of leaf-eating beetles.

Published 02 June 2014

entomology beetles blog
Beetles in print
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/beetles-in-print/

Two new books provide the keys to help scientists unlock Australia's most diverse group of organisms: the beetles.

Published 31 March 2014

entomology book beetles blog
Exotic honeybees are the only effective pollinators of a temperate mangrove
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/exotic-honeybees-pollinators-temperate-mangrove/

Honeybees were introduced shortly after European settlement and now appear to be the only effective pollinators of a native plant species.

Published 21 November 2013

blog insects colonisation pollination bee entomology
The (other) Lord Howe insect
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-other-lord-howe-insect/

On expedition on Lord Howe Island, AM scientists have made an unexpected discovery.

Published 05 May 2017

insect entomology Lord Howe Island blog
Thai flies, not “time” flies!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/thai-flies-not-time-flies/

No flies on him, as Australian Museum scientist Dan Bickel teaches a fly course to Asian students.

Published 07 September 2016

flies entomology AMRI Blog
Entomology
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/entomology/

Entomology is the study of insects including beetles, flies, cicadas, moths, earwigs, fleas, bugs, cockroaches, bees, dragonflies and termites.

Published 23 October 2018

bee beetles butterfly cicada entomology moth
Christmas Beetles
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/entomology/christmas-beetles/

Discover Christmas Beetles factsheets and learn how to identify them, with 35 species of Christmas Beetles across Australia and 21 of them found in New South Wales.

Published 20 March 2023

Christmas beetles entomology insects
19 New Long-legged Flies from the Pilbara Region in Western Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-19-new-long-legged-flies/

For such an arid region, the Pilbara supports a great diversity of long-legged flies.

Published 11 December 2014

entomology AMRI fly Blog
Redheads and insects
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/redheads-and-insects/

What do entomologists and phillumenists have in common? The appreciation of a good matchbox.

Published 11 October 2013

entomology blog

Tails from the Coasts

Presented with the National Museum of Singapore, this culturally significant collection of watercolours brings to life extraordinary species and captivating stories.

Special exhibition
On now

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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s learning and play space.

Permanent education space
10am - 4.30pm

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RELICS

Vintage objects meet miniature LEGO® worlds in RELICS: A New World Rises, an extraordinary exhibition created by LEGO® Masters winners. Opening 16 August at the Australian Museum.

Special Exhibition
Opens 16 August 2025

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Minerals

Be dazzled by over 1800 spectacular rocks and minerals in our new Minerals Gallery.

Permanent exhibition
Open daily

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